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Alabama-Huntsville professor to take reins of WMU engineering college
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… won the UAH Alumni Association's Distinguished Faculty Award and the College of Engineering's Distinguished Faculty Award in 2001, the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004 and … serving since 2007 on the editorial review board of Scientific Journals International and serving since 2006 as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21046
Alumnus turned top Seattle tech CEO tackles health care arena
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… in acquisitions. Singh’s journey to becoming a leading CEO wasn’t linear though. In fact, Singh stumbled at the first college he attended. “GMI (Kettering) wasn’t a good fit,” he admits. “I was miserable, so at 18 … engineer,” he jokes, “but gaining an understanding of scientific methodology and how to frame and solve problems, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75128
Michigan Geological Survey receives state funding for continued science support
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… Geological Survey at Western Michigan University has been awarded $500,000 from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new state … geological mapping—to better understand resources like water, natural gas and aggregates that are available in … less than 7% of the state to provide this important scientific data to manage and protect our natural …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61873
Three to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar honors
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… will present its 2017 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award to Drs. Thomas Gorczyca, Victor Cunrui Xiong and Ping Zhang. The honor is the highest award WMU bestows on faculty members. It pays tribute to … physicist with keen physical insight and unquestioned scientific integrity for work in the area of photon and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42952
Ethics Center offers four book club events for the fall semester
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… will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 12, 19 and 26, at Walnut and Park café, 322 W. Walnut St. in Kalamazoo. Research ethics Dr. Jil Larson , … and conflicts of interest in the corruption of the scientific enterprise. This group will meet at 4 p.m. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48334
Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition
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… LaBonte, Ella Kubesh, Tyler Clendenning and Markus Vanderzwaag show off some of the rockets their team has built. … competing for the exact same thing," says Markus Vanderzwaag , an aerospace engineering student from Elkhart, … building and flying a high-powered amateur rocket and scientific payload. This year's competition took inspiration …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket
WMU joins national alliance aimed at developing more inclusive and diverse STEM faculty
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… for them to aspire to be part of these fields going forward," says Dr. Jennifer Bott , provost and vice president … and share the most promising innovative practices towards diversifying the STEM professoriate and ensure their … degree completion and academic success, advancing scientific research, and expanding engagement. Annually, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/56137
Geography program earns national excellence award
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… Geography program earns national excellence award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … American Association of Geographers has given its 2019 Award for Program Excellence to Western Michigan University's … American Association of Geographers AAG is a nonprofit scientific and educational society that contributes to the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54206
WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize
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… and individual graduate students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $65,000 in prizes for inventions in the healthcare, … to mentor and inspire creative thinking among youth." Award categories Prizes are awarded in the following … Hospital in Tansen. He is currently in Nepal helping to repair medical equipment in a biomedical department as well …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028
WMU researcher finds little connection between violence, video games
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… make people violent, or do violent people just gravitate toward violent video games? His research shows it's the … Their findings have been published in a number of leading scientific journals and online, including in the Journal of … other controls." Better predictors DeCamp found that what was going on in the home was a better predictor of violent …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36296